| Slender Fenugreek |
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| File size | 77099 |
| Original date | 8/17/11 1:26 PM |
| Resolution | 800 x 600 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 50.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/1000s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Trigonella gracilis Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Slender Fenugreek is a perennial with hairless,
trailing stem, 15-45 cm long. Leaf-stalk is shorter than the leaflets,
leaflets 5-12 mm long, 3-7 mm broad, obovate-wedge-shaped, rounded,
minutely toothed, hairless, sparsely velvety on the nerves below,
stipules linear. Flowers are borne in 1-5-flowered clusters which are
carried on stalks longer than the leaf, ending in an awn. Flower-stalks
are 2 mm long. Sepal cup is 3.5-4 mm long, teeth almost as long as the
tube. Flowers 5 mm long, yellow. Pod is 5-12 mm long, 2.5-3 mm broad,
hairless, marked with distinct transverse veins, 1-3-seeded. Slender
Fenugreek is found in the Himalayas, from
Pakistan to C. Nepal, at altitudes of 2200-3400 m. Flowering:
July-September.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Apharwat, Kashmir. |